The Eagle Ford idled three rigs, leaving 34 in the South Texas basin. The Haynesville (12), Barnett (six) and Granite Wash (four) were unchanged.

Texas had one rig offshore, unchanged from last week.

New Mexico was unchanged at 16 rigs. Its lone non-Permian rig was in the northern part of the state.

A year ago this week Texas had 379 rigs and New Mexico had 44.

UNITED STATES

Of the nation’s 415 rigs, 328 were searching for oil, 86 sought natural gas and one was listed as miscellaneous. Oil rigs fell four, while natural gas lost one. The count for miscellaneous rigs was unchanged. As a whole, the nation idled five rigs.

By location, there were 388 rigs on land, down three; three in inland waters, down one; and 24 offshore, down one. The lone idled offshore rig was in the Gulf of Mexico, which ended the week at 23.

By drilling trajectory, there were 318 horizontal rigs, down six; 53 vertical rigs, up three; and 44 directional rigs, down two.

The U.S. had 894 rigs at this time last year.

MOST-ACTIVE

The top basins this week were the Permian; the Eagle Ford; the Cana Woodford with 27, unchanged; the Marcellus with 26, unchanged; and the Williston with 25, down one.

The most-active states were Texas; Oklahoma with 57, down three; Louisiana with 43, down two; North Dakota with 25, down one; and New Mexico and Pennsylvania with 16 apiece. Pennsylvania was unchanged this week.

CANADA AND NORTH AMERICA

Canada’s rig count fell one this week, leaving 36 nationwide. Among its active rigs, 11 were searching for oil, up one; 24 were exploring for natural gas, down two; and rigs listed as miscellaneous were unchanged at one. Canada had 75 rigs a year ago this week.

The total number of rigs in the North America region fell six this week to 451. At this time last year, there were 969 rigs in North America.

INTERNATIONAL

On Friday, Baker Hughes released its monthly international rig counts for April. The total number of rigs operating worldwide was 1,424, down 127 (8.2 percent). The U.S. ended April at 437 and accounted for 30.7 percent of all rigs worldwide.

The following are rig counts for each region, with most-active nations in parentheses:

— Africa: 90 (Algeria 55, Kenya 11, Angola 9)

— Asia-Pacific: 179 (India 102, China offshore 26; Indonesia 17)

— Europe: 90 (Turkey 29, Norway 17, U.K. offshore 8)

— Latin America: 203 (Argentina 73, Venezuela 69, Mexico 23)

— Middle East 394 (Saudi Arabia 123, Oman 68, Iraq 43)

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